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An Invasive Tick That Can Clone Itself Is Spreading Across the U.S. (www.smithsonianmag.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If you don't want to read the article, the concern is some cows in Ohio essentially bled to death because thousands of these ticks sucked so much of their blood

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

That's crazy. Afaik most North American ticks can't really penetrate the thick skin of bovine. Even if there's effective antiparasitics for these idk how you would go about eliminating them from your property.

[–] NOT_RICK 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do we need Ohio? Better shoot it into the sun just to be safe

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

While I don't necessarily disagree, it unfortunately seems they've already been found in 19 states

[–] penguin_knight 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

there's still 33 more states. not a bad loss?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Did we get 2 more states? How long have I been asleep?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Well that's terrifying.